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Philosophy and religion in Enlightenment Britain : new case studies / edited by Ruth Savage.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philosophy, British--18th century.
- Philosophy, British.
- Philosophy and religion--Great Britain--History--18th century.
- Philosophy and religion.
- Philosophy and science--Great Britain--History--18th century.
- Philosophy and science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (288 pages)
- Other Title:
- New case studies
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Leading scholars explore the interplay of philosophy with religion and science in the 18th century, a period of great cultural and intellectual change in Britain. They examine the currents of thought behind some of the most significant works in Western philosophy, including those by John Locke and David Hume.
- Contents:
- Introduction / Ruth Savage
- Martin Clifford and his Treatise of humane reason (1674) : a Europe-wide debate / Giovanni Tarantino
- Scougal's The life of God in the soul of man : the fortunes of a book, 1676-1830 / Isabel Rivers
- Locke's proof of the divine authority of scripture / Victor Nuovo
- Toland and the moral teaching of the gospel / Laurent Jaffro
- Religion and materialist metaphysics : some aspects of the debate about the resurrection of the body in eighteenth-century Britain / Udo Thiel
- Samuel Haliday (1685-1739) : travelling scholar, court lobbyist, and non-subscribing divine / A. D. G. Steers
- Presbyterianism and the right of private judgement : church government in Ireland and Scotland in the age of Francis Hutheson / James Moore
- Reasoning about morals from Butler to Hume / Aaron Garrett
- Hume on the origin of 'modern honour' : a study in Hume's philosophical development / John P. Wright
- The early reception of Hume's theory of justice / James A. Harris
- The end of empire and the death of religion : a reconsideration of Hume's later political thought / Moritz Baumstark
- Natural jurisprudence and the identity of the Scottish Enlightenment / Knud Haakonssen.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on July 9, 2012).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-77753-2
- 9786613687920
- 0-19-163133-7
- OCLC:
- 922971072
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